Arterial stiffness in elderly patients with normotension and hypertension in Brazil
de Mendonça G, de Souza D, de Alvarenga Cunha Brunelli A, de Oliveira Peres C, Freitas EGB, Lacerda GN, Dorneles MC, Peixoto AJ, Ferreira‐Filho S. Arterial stiffness in elderly patients with normotension and hypertension in Brazil. Journal Of Clinical Hypertension 2018, 20: 1285-1293. PMID: 30039916, PMCID: PMC8031136, DOI: 10.1111/jch.13358.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAortic augmentation indexArterial stiffnessUncontrolled hypertensionCarotid-femoral pulse wave velocityHigher aortic augmentation indexCf-PWV levelsCf-PWV valuesBlood pressure levelsPulse wave velocityCross-sectional analysisElderly patientsAugmentation indexBP levelsCf-PWVEntire cohortNormotensionHypertensionOlder individualsOlder populationPatientsTonometry dataCore measuresCohortPressure levelsIndividuals